outrigger
Example Sentences
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Observations show the people use narrow outrigger canoes, live in large communal huts, carry spears, bows and arrows, and wear fibre waistbelts, as well as necklaces and headbands.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
He added: "Moana 2 exhilarates with its tunefulness, and absolutely romps along from the moment the heroine gets off the island, bound for another adventure on her trusty outrigger canoe."
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
A custom paint job on an outrigger canoe on the Ka’anapali coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
If a burst is detected, data from the outrigger dishes allow the telescope to zoom in and pin the FRB to its galaxy.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 31, 2023
The most important transmissions were of New Guinea shell fishhooks, which spread far into Australia, and of New Guinea outrigger canoes, which spread down the Cape York Peninsula.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
